The Select Sector SPDR Trust - State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF
ARCAXLC heads into the first week of September with the bear position that rebuilt so aggressively in late August now holding firm — and the price tape confirming the skeptics, at least for the moment. The short position that looked like a tactical spike last week has not unwound. Short interest ended September 1 at 3.6% of the free float — essentially unchanged from the August 25 high…
XLC short interest surges 28% in one week to 3.6% of float, driven by aggressive positioning despite ample borrow availability at 287%.
XLC heads into the first week of September with the bear position that rebuilt so aggressively in late August now holding firm — and the price tape confirming the skeptics, at least for the moment. The short position…
XLC enters the final days of August with a sharp reversal of last week's bear-exit narrative — short interest has rebuilt aggressively while the price tape has moved higher, creating a direct conflict between what…
Snapshot as of 2 Sept 2026
XLC ends the week with the bear-exit story gaining further ground — short interest has pulled back and the lending market has loosened materially, even as the ETF slips marginally on the price tape. The most meaningful…
XLC enters the week with a small wrinkle in its six-week bear-retreat narrative — short interest jumped 17% in a single session on August 11 — but the broader picture of easing pressure remains unchanged. That…
The XLC Communication Services ETF has spent the past six weeks telling one consistent story: bears are leaving, and the data keeps confirming it. Short interest has now fallen to 2.5% of the free float — down 36% from…
The XLC Communication Services ETF is sending a consistent message across three data streams. Bears have been retreating for weeks. Now options traders are joining that view. The put-call ratio dropped to 5.22 on July…
The bear retreat in XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, has accelerated again this week — and the data now looks qualitatively different from where it stood just seven days ago. The headline number…
XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, is now in the second consecutive week of an accelerating short unwind — and this week the data moved faster than the previous note anticipated. The short retreat…
XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, is now a week into a sustained bear retreat — and the data this week confirms the unwind is accelerating rather than pausing. The clearest move is in short…
XLC, the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters July with a notable reversal in the short positioning story that dominated last week's note. The most important change from the June 24 article is in the…
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